Random pictures from March 2007

Tokyo skyline as seen from a ferry on the Sumida River


Priests at a temple in Nara.

Kim and I pose in

front of Osaka Castle.

Prayer cards showing the boar

(this year's animal in the Chinese

zodiac calendar, also used in Japan).

Sumo in Osaka, March 2007

Osaka hosts the Grand Sumo Tournament every year in March.

This March, I was able to convince Kim that sumo is a good thing.

I have a convert!

Top picture: banners before a bout means there is extra prize money for the winner.

Bottom picture: Kotooshu (my favorite wrestler) prepares to wrestle Ama (the smallest wrestler in the top ranks, and another one of my favorite wrestlers).

Nara Pictures

These photos are from a temple in Nara. Nara is famous for its deer, and the temple is famous for its stone lanterns. In March, a friend and I visited the city, In case you ever needed to know, it takes 8-hours on an overnight bus to get to Nara from Tokyo! Yikes!

More pictures later!